Porsche Cayenne vs Hyundai Veloster

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Porsche Cayenne	Hyundai Veloster
Complaints on file	712	1,775
Model years covered	2003–2026	2012–2021
Worst model year	2014	2012
Best model year	2021	2021
Crashes reported	24	71
Fires reported	10	80
Injuries reported	16	68
Deaths reported	2	0
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	7.3%	12.3%

Porsche Cayenne by year

3 51 43 55 38 21 1 37 34 55 76 16 59 24 18 66 40 30 4 11 9 13 8

03 04 05 06 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 116 16.3%

Other & Unspecified 90 12.6%

Engine & Cooling 89 12.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 84 11.8%

Electrical System 79 11.1%

Airbags 64 9.0%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 39 5.5%

Lights 35 4.9%

Hyundai Veloster by year

409 580 116 189 301 70 63 32 15

12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 551 31.0%

Electrical System 208 11.7%

Other & Unspecified 179 10.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 143 8.1%

Steering 126 7.1%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 124 7.0%

Brakes 87 4.9%

Body & Structure 78 4.4%